Famous African-Americans

The African-American community has contributed greatly to world's development. This community has given America, music, arts, literature, history and today its identity too, with the first African-American President. African-Americans have made their mark in every walk life, such as politics, war, freedom struggle and social changes. The Harlem Renaissance of the 21st century, has been the epoch making point of the African-American community. This is what has made them famous African-Americans and made them a part of the world's history. Here is list of some of the famous African- Americans for your knowledge.

African-Americans Inventors

• Willard H Bennett - inventor of radio frequency mass spectrometer.
• Nathaniel Alexander - patented for folding chair.
• Virgie Ammons - inventor of a device that dampens the fireplaces.
• Benjamin Banneker - inventor of striking clock.
• Andrew Beard - inventor of plow and rotary engine.
• Sarah Boone - improvement to the ironing board.
• Charles Brooks - inventor of the improvement in street sweeper truck.
• Phil Brooks - patented his invention of disposable syringe.
• Joseph Dickinson - invented many improvements to several musical instruments.
• Thomas Elkins - invented improvements in a refrigerator that was meant for chilling human corpses.
• Augustus Jackson - invented several ice cream recipes and an improved method for manufacturing ice creams.
• Joseph Lee - invented improvements for dough-kneading machine.
• Lyda Newman - invented improvements for hair brush, which is easy to clean and maintain.

African-Americans in the Civil War

• Ralph Abernathy - civil rights leader.
• Ella Baker - civil rights activist.
• Julian Bond - U.S. civil rights leader.
• Daisy Bates - civil rights leader.
• Stokely Carmichael - strong civil rights leader.
• Shirley Chisholm - U.S. Congresswoman.
• Kenneth B. Clark - civil rights leader.
• Eldridge Cleaver - American social activist.
• Angela Davis - political activist and an author.
• Medgar Evers - civil rights leader.
• James Farmer - civil rights leader.
• Rosa Parks - American civil rights activist.
• Martin Luther King, Jr. - American clergyman and civil rights leader.
• Nina Simone - civil rights activist.
• Mary Church Terrell - civil rights activist.
• Whitney M. Young, Jr. - social reformer.
• Benjamin Hooks - American black leader.
• Jesse Jackson - political leader, clergyman, and civil-rights activist.
• Coretta Scott King - American civil rights leader.
• Huey Newton - black activist.
• Thurgood Marshall - lawyer and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

African-Americans Musicians

• Louis Armstrong - composer of jazz music, who is known as the father of jazz.
• Chuck Berry - guitarist, vocalist, blues, rock and roll.
• James Brown - vocalist, keyboardist, soul, R&B, funk, pop and other genres of music.
• Ray Charles - The Genius of gospel, singer, songwriter and a legendary pianist.
• Nat King Cole - pianist, vocalist, jazz and a pop artist.
• John Coltrone - Jazz saxophonist.
• Edmund Dede - violin player and a renowned orchestra conductor.
• Duke Ellington - composer, bandleader and jazz pianist.
• Dizzy Gillespie - one of the founders jazz and inventor of bebop.
• Scott Joplin - the King of Ragtime invented the rags in piano.
• B.B. King - the undisputed King of Blues.
• Florence Beatrice Price - first African-American woman who's work was recognized.
• Fats Waller - jazz organist, pianist, singer, composer, conductor and a band leader.
• Aaliyah - singer and an actress.
• Jimi Hendrix - rock and roll musician.
• Bobby McFerrin - jazz musician, vocalist, sacred, classical, multi-talented composer-vocalist-conductor.

Most of these famous African-Americans are living legends. These prominent personalities continue to be role models for many of us. The African-Americans in history have made a great place for themselves through their contribution. The stories of each one of these famous people is seamlessly inspiring and motivating.